Resolutions of the Lambeth Conference of 1958
The resolutions of the Anglican bishops who met at Lambeth in 1958. Resolution 115 says that God has laid the responsibility for deciding the number and frequency of children on the consciences of parents.
Read the text at anglicancommunion.org ↗All the resolutions of 1958 in one file (Anglican Communion Office, PDF) ↗Resolution 115 on its own page, as the Anglican Communion Office published it until its website was rebuilt (Internet Archive, 21 April 2024) ↗
Resolution 115 says that family planning, “in such ways as are mutually acceptable to husband and wife in Christian conscience”, is a right and important factor in Christian family life and should be the result of positive choice before God. It adds that such responsible parenthood requires a wise stewardship of the family’s resources and thought for the needs of society and of future generations. The conference of 1968 quoted the resolution in full when it replied to Humanae vitae.
Like all Lambeth resolutions it expresses the mind of the bishops present and binds no member church. See Humanae Vitae.
Cited in
- 25 July 1968, firm date